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1889 Chincoteague Station Railroad Freight Receipt Thomas Beebe Box of Tobacco
1889 Chincoteague Station Railroad Freight Receipt Thomas Beebe Box of Tobacco

1889 Chincoteague Station Railroad Freight Receipt Thomas Beebe Box of Tobacco

$ 15.83

Availability: 100 in stock
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Condition: Used
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Year: 1889
  • Modified Item: No

    Description

    October 7, 1889 Chincoteague Station Railroad Freight Receipt to Thomas Beebe, a merchant on Chincoteague Island, Virginia for one Box of Pipe Tobacco. Signed by Railroad agent Peter D. Corbin. Railroad line was Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Railroad. In 1893, Thomas Beebe had a new storehouse built.
    When Chincoteague was incorporated as a town in 1900, Thomas Beebe was appointed to town council.